Self Made Reviews
Empire Magazine
Uncomfortably close to exploitative, there's a whiff of reality TV about this odd - and strangely executed - concept.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Guardian [UK]
An interesting but unsatisfying experiment.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Financial Times
Every viewer of this documentary will have his/her prejudices confirmed.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Birmingham Post
There are certainly strong and raw sentiments on display, some of which are more interesting than others.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Little White Lies
A genuinely moving and interesting documentary intelligently realised.
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| Original Score: 3/5
About.com
When working class Brits taking Sam Rumbelow's method acting workshop develop characters for their own short films, the process proves more interesting and poignant than the results.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Daily Telegraph
Wearing's cast of non-professionals is engaging and charismatic.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Top CriticDocumentary segues into drama, and the film is a lucid précis of a project of great emotional intensity.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Observer [UK]
This is a glib, exploitative project that toys with vulnerable people. It is perhaps of limited interest to popular audiences, but of value to film and drama students.
Total Film
Skilfully smudges the boundaries between documentary and fiction.
This is London
Has moments when only a curmudgeon would fail to be moved or doubt the sincerity of the film-makers.
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| Original Score: 3/5
